HTTPClient
Class HttpHeaderElement

java.lang.Object
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  +--HTTPClient.HttpHeaderElement

public class HttpHeaderElement

extends Object

This class holds a description of an http header element. It is used by Util.parseHeader.

Version:

0.3-3 06/05/2001

Author:

Ronald Tschalär

See Also:

Util.parseHeader(java.lang.String), Util.getElement(java.util.Vector, java.lang.String), Util.assembleHeader(java.util.Vector)

Constructor Summary

HttpHeaderElement(String name)
Construct an element with the given name.

HttpHeaderElement(String name, String value, NVPair[] params)

Method Summary

void	appendTo(StringBuffer buf) Append this header element to the given buffer.
boolean	equals(Object obj) Two elements are equal if they have the same name.
String	getName()
NVPair[]	getParams()
String	getValue()
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

HttpHeaderElement

public HttpHeaderElement(String name)

Construct an element with the given name. The value and parameters are set to null. This can be used when a dummy element is constructed for comparison or retrieval purposes.

Parameters:

name - the name of the element

HttpHeaderElement

public HttpHeaderElement(String name,
                         String value,
                         NVPair[] params)

Parameters:

name - the first token in the element

value - the value part, or null

params - the parameters

Method Detail

getName

public String getName()

Returns:

the name

getValue

public String getValue()

Returns:

the value

getParams

public NVPair[] getParams()

Returns:

the parameters

equals

public boolean equals(Object obj)

Two elements are equal if they have the same name. The comparison is case-insensitive.

Overrides:

equals in class Object

Parameters:

obj - the object to compare with

Returns:

true if obj is an HttpHeaderElement with the same name as this element.

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object

Returns:

a string containing the HttpHeaderElement formatted as it would appear in a header

appendTo

public void appendTo(StringBuffer buf)

Append this header element to the given buffer. This is basically a more efficient version of toString() for assembling multiple elements.

Parameters:

buf - the StringBuffer to append this header to

See Also:

toString()